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Minister Mukazayire (left) poses for a photograph with the winner Doubey (France) and Jean-Guy Afrika, Rwanda Development Board (CEO). Mukazayire stated Rwanda is able to host the UCI Road World Championships.
The conclusion of Tour du Rwanda 2025 was marred by dangerous climate with simply over 13km left to finish the race however that didn’t dampen the spirit that characterised this 12 months’s version, which was a precursor to the UCI Road World Championships, which Rwanda is ready to host from September twenty first to twenty eighth, 2025.
Naysayers have been campaigning in useless to have the celebrated world biking tour occasion transfer to some other place for political causes however the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the worldwide biking physique didn’t heed to the calls, emphasizing that Rwanda would be the host of the race which will probably be held for the primary time on the African continent.
While most African nations are pleased with Rwanda internet hosting the competitors for first time, the UCI Road World Championships have been the goal of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in its smear marketing campaign in opposition to Rwanda.
Speaking on the conclusion of the sixteenth version of the annual race, Nelly Mukazayire, Minister of Sports, stated that the success of Tour du Rwanda 2025 set the tone for the worldwide competitors, with consideration now shifting to making sure that when September comes, Rwanda is prepared.
“We are even more excited because Tour du Rwanda used the routes with will be used during the UCI Road World Championships. This confirms that we are more than ready to welcome the world,” a beaming Mukazayire stated.
Asked about some groups which didn’t present up as a consequence of ‘security concerns’, Mukazayire allayed any fears, mentioning that Rwanda is safe and can proceed to be when the UCI Road World Championships come round.
The sixteenth version of Tour du Rwanda used routes which will probably be used through the world tour.
Those trying to blackmail Rwanda had gone on to unfold rumours that the UCI had cancelled the biking race scheduled for September and moved it to Switzerland, which wasn’t true.
The world biking physique stated that Rwanda “remains entirely safe for tourism and business”, just because preventing is confined to DR Congo.
“Following the spread of rumours on this subject, the UCI clarifies that no relocation of the 2025 UCI Road World Championships from Rwanda to Switzerland or any other location is planned at this time,” an announcement on the governing physique stated.
A muddy and wet finish for Tour du Rwanda 2025
Despite the rain and dirt that characterised the course on Sunday, resulting in the re-routing of the stage, earlier than it was ultimately cancelled as a consequence of sturdy winds and thunderstorms, Rwanda confirmed that it as able to host one of the difficult.
The President of the UCI Jury introduced the cancellation of the ultimate stage as a consequence of unexpected climate situations inflicting slippery roads, halting the course with one lap to go. It meant that the winner was decided primarily based on the General Classification standings of the earlier stage (Day 7), which is how Fabien Doubey (TotalEnergies) emerged the winner of Tour du Rwanda 2025.
Doubey had been within the chief’s yellow jersey after the day gone by’s stage 6, which Eritrea’s Nahom Zeray gained, and the Frenchman was topped victor of the general GC. It was a primary stage race title for the 31-year-old.
The French man had been simply six seconds forward of 2023 total winner Henok Mulubrhan (XDS Astana), with Oliver Mattheis (BIKE AID) an extra 5 seconds again in third.
Stage 7 was a brief however tough 61.6km route beginning and ending in Kigali, the place cyclists did three laps of a 15km circuit, and minimize down from a deliberate 73km route.
The riders had simply began the ultimate lap when the peloton got here to a halt and reportedly requested to cease the race as a consequence of dangerous climate.
At the time the peloton was simply shy of three minutes behind a two-man main group of Jacob Bush (Development Team Picnic PostNL) and Dawit Yemane (BIKE AID), with one other 4 riders 17 seconds off the leaders.
